A guidebook for Godly living

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A guidebook for Godly living Diligent - characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort Merriam- Webster The Choice

A guidebook for Godly living Diligent - characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort Merriam- Webster Do I choose to be diligent? Or Do I choose to be sluggish? The Choice

A guidebook for Godly living Diligent Strong's - H charuwts Adjective Occurs 9 times 1)sharp-pointed, sharp, diligent n m 1)strict decision, decision 2)trench, moat, ditch 3)gold (poetical) H4106 mahiyr quick; hence, skilful:--diligent, hasty, ready. Diligent

A guidebook for Godly living Diligence H4929 mishmar – noun masculine 1)place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance a)jail, prison, guard-house b)guard, guard post, act of guarding c)observances Diligently H7836 shachar - verb 1)to seek, seek early or earnestly, look early or diligently for a) (Qal) to look for diligently, seek b) (Piel) to seek, seek early Diligent

A guidebook for Godly living God rewards the diligent 8:17 - I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me. Needed to protect the heart to the utmost 4:23 - Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. Diligence is a prized trait. 12:27 -The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, But diligence is man’s precious possession. Identifiers

A guidebook for Godly living Identifiers A key to success 10:4 - He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich. 13:4 -The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich. To be a good leader diligence is demanded 12:24 - The hand of the diligent will rule, But the lazy man will be put to forced labor. All success can be very fleeting 27:23 - Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, And attend to your herds;

A guidebook for Godly living Even the fool can be diligent 28 “Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me. 29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the L ORD, 30 They would have none of my counsel And despised my every rebuke. 31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies. 32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them; 33 But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil.” Sin and Satan are diligent! 7:15 - So I came out to meet you, Diligently to seek your face, And I have found you. Identifiers

A guidebook for Godly living An example of diligence? 1 My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, 2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, 4 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures; 5 Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And find the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding; Proverbs 2 Identifiers

A guidebook for Godly living Do you exercise diligence? 9 But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner. 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Hebrews 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:6

A guidebook for Godly living Do you exercise diligence? 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 2 Peter 1

A guidebook for Godly living Do you exercise diligence? 5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. 10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1

A guidebook for Godly living Do you exercise diligence? 4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; 7 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; 8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. 9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; 11 not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; 13 distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality. Romans 12

A guidebook for Godly living Do you exercise diligence? 9 Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren. Deuteronomy 4 6 “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. Deuteronomy 6 17 You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you. Deuteronomy 6

A guidebook for Godly living Do you exercise diligence? 12 “If you hear someone in one of your cities, which the Lord your God gives you to dwell in, saying, 13 ‘Corrupt men have gone out from among you and enticed the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods”’—which you have not known— 14 then you shall inquire, search out, and ask diligently. And if it is indeed true and certain that such an abomination was committed among you, 15 you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying it, all that is in it and its livestock—with the edge of the sword. Deuteronomy 13

A guidebook for Godly living 2 “If there is found among you, within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you, a man or a woman who has been wicked in the sight of the Lord your God, in transgressing His covenant, 3 who has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, either the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, 4 and it is told you, and you hear of it, then you shall inquire diligently. And if it is indeed true and certain that such an abomination has been committed in Israel, 5 then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed that wicked thing, and shall stone to death that man or woman with stones. Deuteronomy 17 Do you exercise diligence?

A guidebook for Godly living “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. Deuteronomy 28:1 Do you exercise diligence?